Now Hiring: Machine Learning Intern

Join our team! We are looking for a Machine Learning Intern.

Role Summary

We’re looking for a talented and enthusiastic Machine Learning (ML) Intern with a strong knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ML for a Summer 2021 opportunity! This opportunity is a full-time, 4-month Internship facilitated through Mitacs for our Calgary-based partner company. We're looking for a potential candidate to start in April/May 2021.

As part of this opportunity, you will be working on a project for our partner with supervision from an Amii Machine Learning Scientist. The project will focus on automating and improving an NLP-based function of our partner's product.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, train, and evaluate ML models
• Undertake applied research on ML techniques to address the limitations in existing models

Requirements:

• Must be a full-time student at an accredited post-secondary institution (at least one year into a CS / ML graduate program, MSc. or PhD.)
• Research and/or applied project experience in NLP and related Deep Learning Technologies (Sequence models, Transformers, Embeddings)
• Proficient in Python programming language and related libraries and toolkits (e.g. nltk, scikit learn, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks, Keras, Tensorflow, gensim, transformers)

Assets:

• Experience working with data engineering workflows and databases
• Publication record in peer-reviewed academic conferences or relevant journals in machine intelligence
• Knowledge and experience in recommendation systems

Non-technical requirements:

• Interdisciplinary team player enthusiastic about working together to achieve excellence
• Capable of critical and independent thought
• Able to communicate technical concepts clearly and advise on the application of machine intelligence
• Intellectual curiosity and the desire to learn new things, techniques, and technologies
• As this is a remote work position, we will also be considering candidates from areas outside of Calgary.

Further Details:

• Contract length: 4 months
• Job Types: Full-time, Internship
• Salary: $2,540.00 per month
• Schedule: 8 hour shift
• Experience: Machine Learning: 1 year (Preferred)
• Work remotely: Yes
• COVID-19 precaution(s): Remote interview process, virtual meetings

How to apply

If this sounds like the opportunity you've been waiting for, then please don’t wait to apply! To apply, please send your resume and cover letter indicating why you think you'd be a fit for Amii through the listing on Indeed by March 12, 2021.

Amii is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and excellent workforce.